BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Fire investigators spent Tuesday searching a burned-out convenience store where two Buffalo firefighters died a day earlier, but found no evidence anyone else was inside.
A 911 caller reported someone banging on a wall and yelling for help early Monday morning, leading firefighters to rush in and search the burning store. Lt. Charles McCarthy Jr. and firefighter Jonathan Croom died after falling through the collapsed first floor into the basement.
Their bodies were removed several hours later, but no civilian victim was found.